Business

Liang Cheng, the businessman responsible for Yellowknife's Copperhouse restaurant and outspoken advocate for Northern tourism, has won the annual YK Win Your Space contest with his plan to open a new restaurant: Big Fish NWT.
Winning...

Cosmetic and spa franchise Merle Norman abruptly shut its doors on Aug. 25, leaving both staff and customers in the dark for a few weeks, according to one former employee.
But now owner and operator...

Valter Botelho-Resendes was recently hired as executive director for the Kitikmeot Chamber of Commerce.
He replaces Cynthia Ene, who is returning to consulting after having served as the Chamber’s executive director since the organization was...

As the North’s two largest airlines continue to work out details of their approved merger, they have released a unified flight schedule, which will be effective Nov. 1.
Among the changes that the airlines have...

Six Indigenous girls from across the Northwest Territories found out last week that science and math aren’t as dry and boring as they may have thought.
De Beers Canada sponsored 10 seats for Indigenous girls...

There's something new brewing in downtown Yellowknife.
Popular coffee roasting company Barren Ground Coffee announced this week that it is making a bold move to set up shop at an as yet undisclosed location in...

Simeonie Akpalialuk has been chosen as chairperson of Qulliq Energy Corporation’s board of directors and Keith Peterson will serve as vice-chair, QEC announced Thursday.
Akpalialuk, who lives in Iqaluit, has served as a consultant for...

The federal government is committing $21.5 million to the Kitikmeot Inuit Association’s slimmed-down request to get the Grays Bay Road and Port project “shovel ready” over the next couple of years.
The proposed Grays Bay...

Nunavut’s cruise ship tourism season sets sail on July 28 and Pond Inlet is once again in a position to reap substantial benefits.
Adventure Canada’s vessel Ocean Endeavour, a mainstay on the Nunavut cruise ship...

NWT
The Government of the Northwest Territories has announced an additional $1 million for future mineral exploration for 19 projects.
The identified projects will be provided funding under the Mining Incentive Program (MIP) and were selected...

Canadian North and First Air confirmed Wednesday that their merger, already granted regulatory approval with several conditions, is now officially complete on paper.
Full effects of the Canadian North and FIrst Air merger will take...

During the Town of Inuvik’s third and final reading to amend a zoning by-law for cannabis related businesses on June 27, a number of residents voiced their concerns over the possibility of a cannabis...

The proposed merger of First Air and Canadian North has received all necessary regulatory approvals, according to the Inuit-led proponents behind the deal.
The First Air and Canadian North merger has been approved by the...

Arctic Fresh, an Iglulik-based online retailer that brings groceries and other products to Nunavummiut, is ambitiously aiming to serve all of Nunavut, perhaps as soon as next year, says CEO Rhoda Angutimarik.
Iglulik-based Arctic Fresh...

Martin Kigutaq wants to make a difference for his family and his community.
To that end, over the past year, he’s transformed old shipping containers into the Baffin General Store or, as the community affectionately...

A federal bill to stop the amalgamation of the NWT's regulatory boards into one 'superboard' is currently on track to pass before this fall's election.
The many components of Bill C-88 contain both provisions that...

The Multiplex will host over 185 exhibitors this weekend for the 2019 Yellowknife Spring Trade Show.
With last year's event drawing an estimated 8,000 visitors, the show promises to allow local businesses to develop new...

The Tibbitt to Contwoyto winter road saw 7,286 loads delivered to the diamond mines for a total of 247,618 tonnes from Jan. 30-March 29.
Another 9,294 tonnes of freight was taken back from the mines...

The long-awaited approval of federal licensing for California-based Planet Labs and its satellite imaging station in Inuvik is now over and all we can say is: thank goodness.
For three years — from the time...

With a $55-million construction budget, the Nunavut Housing Corporation is planning to build 79 new residential units in communities outside Iqaluit in 2019-20.
That's down from 2018-19 when the housing corporation had $65.7 million earmarked...

Much like the six-foot saplings and fireweed growing back into the area where old growth trees used to be, longtime family getaway Namushka Lodge is slowly coming back to life at Harding Lake.
The family...

After receiving a long-awaited full operating license for their ground station site in Inuvik, Planet Labs is ready to put their satellite receivers to use at last.
The San Francisco-based Earth imaging company was granted...

Much like the six-foot saplings and fireweed growing back into the area where old growth trees used to be, longtime family getaway Namushka Lodge is slowly coming back to life at Harding Lake.
The family...

Shane Clark, owner and operator of HomeLifeYK, has recently decided to shut the doors on the long running family real estate business and join Coldwell Banker YK.
His father James Clark started the company, then...

Baffinland Iron Mines has hired Udloriak Hanson as vice-president of community and strategic development.
Udloriak Hanson will take on the role of vice- president of community and strategic development with Baffinland Iron Mines as of...